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A. SUEUR.

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ALFRED sUEUE, or NEW YORK, n. Y.,

PATENT OEEICE.

ASSIGNOR TO M. J. PAILLARD & CO.,

- OF SAME PLAGE.

MUSIC-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,485, dated January 4, 1887,

am nant inea March 30,1886.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, ALFRED SUEUR, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Interchangeable Cylinders for Music-Boxes,

of which the following is aspecification.

Music-boxes are constructed with pin-cylin ders which are mounted permanently in the box, or with removable cylinders, and of the latter there are two kinds-changeable and interchangeable. The changeable cylinders must be made and adjusted to the box at the time the box is made, whereas the interchangeable cylinders can be made at any later time; but so that they will be in the proper place and have the proper adjustment inv relation to the comb, a suitable device must be provided for moving the pinicylinder. shaft in the dircction of its length and holding it in the required position. For this purpose springs on the driving mechanism, acting on said shaft or on a plate on the same, or springs in thelocking devices or adjListing-screws, have been used, all of which tend to move and adjust the pincylinder shaft in the direction of its length.

llhe object of my invention is to provide a new and. improved device for the same purpose, which device is simple in construction and effective in use.

The invention consists in the combination, with a pin cylinder shaft having a shoulder, of a spring or spring device fixed on the bed plate or frame of the mechanism or on the box and acting direct .on said shaft.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal .sectional View of an inter` changeable pin-cylinder and its shaft mounted according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view showing a modified construc- .io tion of the spring. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a cylinder, showing still another construction ofthe spring. Fig. 4 is a crosssectional view on the line .t x, Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a k cylinder, showing another modification of my invention. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the box on a smaller scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The cylindershaftAis provided at one end with a shoulder or offset, B, and carries a pin- Serial Xo. 197,107. (No model.)

cylinder, -D, mounted on the shaft to slide slightly on said shaft in the direction of its length, and also to rotate with the shaft. The shalt is mounted on the bear-ings G C', and is 55 provided at one end with a disk, E, from which a pin, F, projects, which is coupled to the driving mechanism, for the purpose of revolving the shaft. The shoulder or offset B must rest snugly against the bearing C', and must 60 be held in this position for the purpose of preventing any longitudinal movement or shifting of said shaft. To prevent such movement, the spring G is provided, which is fixed on the baseplate of the machine or on any other part of the frame, or on the box, and rests against the pin H on that end of the shaft opposite the one provided with the shoulder B. The top of the spring is preferably rounded or beveled off, and preferably provided with a 7o notch or pocket for receiving the pin H. The spring G is not provided :for the purpose of holding the shaft on its bearings, as the latches J serve for this purpose. rihc spring G only serves to press the shaft A in the direction of its length, and to keep the shoulder B against the bearing G. The shoulder B or its equivalent is a very essential feature, as the cylinders and their shafts are all constructed in such a manner that when the shoulder rests against 8o the bearing C the pin-cylinder will be in the proper psition for acting upon the teeth of the comb provided in the music-box.

if desired, the spring may act on a bolt, K, contained in a suitable casing, as shown in 8.5 Fig. 2; or the spring may be forked and act on a collar, M, on the shaft A, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. If desired, the spring can be provided at the disk E, as shown in Fig. 5.

In this case the spring is at the end opposite 9o the one shown in Figs. 3 and 1.

In all cases the spring presses the shaft in the direction of its length and presses the shoulder against the bearing. When the latches J are raised, a pin cylinder or roller and its shaft can be placed on the bearings, and the y shaft is immediately shifted and brought to its proper position by the action of the spring, provided in the manner described. If desired, the spring may be ar- Ion ranged within or on the shaft, and itsend may rest on a fixed object connected with the base ened on one of the fixed parts of the 1nusicbox-such as the base or frame-and resting against and acting on the shaft to press the same in a direction ot' its length, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED S'UEUH.

Witnesses: Y

OSCAR F. U cxx, CARL Kim. 

